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Originally Posted by Carlo
Bill: thanks for the picture.
So the DS was commissioned by the AHF, not Franklin Mint!
I'm assuming the Franklin Mint "Desert Storm" I read about in a H. Brett note, was just a project, which ended in the Marto M9 bayonet, marked on the front ricasso with only "M9" and with a custom web assembly. No Desert Storm "markings" at all!!!!
I remember I saw in the Brett book a picture of a DS M9, similar to the one show in the magazine ad, but with the inscription "Operation Desert Shield".
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There is a Franklin Mint Desert Storm Commemorative. The bayonet itself does not have any DS markings. It was a plaque, similar to the Phrobios Chevron plaque. It has the flags of the coalition nations on it as well as some brass placards (I don't remember what is on them). This plaque had the Marto bayonet with only the "M9" marking on it. The overruns from this project are the bayonets with the modified scabbard.
The AHF commemorative was originally intended to be a Desert Shield commemorative, but Desert Shield quickly turned into Desert Storm and they changed the bayonet.
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